The Nickel Boys Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Colson Whitehead
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 171 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Nickel Boys Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Colson Whitehead
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 171 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much of the Florida government's publishing was done on Nickel property at the time of Elwood's arrival?
(a) One-quarter of it.
(b) Half of it.
(c) All of it.
(d) The majority of it.

2. What object was NOT associated with Turner's explanation to Elwood of what "out back" means at Nickel?
(a) A horse whip.
(b) A hatchet.
(c) Iron rings.
(d) Two oak trees.

3. Jody was a student from what university when she discovered the "secret graveyard" (3) on one part of the Nickel Academy's property?
(a) The University of South Florida.
(b) Florida State University.
(c) The University of Miami.
(d) Alabama State University.

4. Elwood was shocked to find that "most of the Nickel boys couldn't" (59) take what action?
(a) Sit down.
(b) Drive.
(c) Swim.
(d) Read.

5. Turner told Elwood that any boy taken "out back" (103) at Nickel would end up in what state?
(a) Suicidal.
(b) Scarred for life.
(c) Dead.
(d) Homicidal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many boys in total did the Nickel staff get out of their beds the night they punished Elwood and some others for fighting?

2. How many generations of Elwood's family had worked at the Richmond Hotel over the years?

3. What term did Elwood borrow from the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. when he pinpointed the problem with the would-be thieves' actions?

4. In what month did Mr. Hill visit Elwood in order to tell him about the college program for high school students?

5. By what name did the Nickel Boys call the Nickel Academy's "official cemetery" (3)?

(see the answer key)

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